Google Gemini · Personal background agent in Gemini
Product and access
Gemini Spark is the personal agent feature in the Gemini app. Its product page also links to the separately announced Gemini agent for businesses.
Provider
Google develops search, productivity and AI products, including Gemini. Gemini Spark is the personal agent feature; the separately announced Gemini agent targets work in organizations.
- Operator
- Organization
- Company
- Website
- about.google
Core features
8 features from provider sources · checked on 9 October 2026. Availability and limits are listed below.
Multi-step tasks
Handles tasks across multiple steps and apps based on natural-language instructions.
Source 1Google app connections
With approval, it can use Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, YouTube, and Maps.
Source 1Reusable skills
Stores custom instructions for workflows that are regularly completed in a similar way.
Source 1Time-based and event-based schedules
Starts tasks on a schedule or under specified conditions.
Source 1Web research and comparisons
Searches multiple websites, compares options, and supports booking processes.
Source 1Organize email
Can prioritize emails, prepare draft replies, and extract tasks from long threads.
Source 1Connect personal context
Help lists connected apps, skills, chats, signed-in websites, Personal Intelligence and location as possible context sources for Spark tasks.
Source 2
Requirements and limits
Requirement
Personal account and subscription required
Current help requires a personal Google Account, AI Pro or Ultra, age 18 or over and Keep Activity enabled. Work and school accounts are currently excluded there.
Source 2Requirement
Google app connections are initially off
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and other Google connections must be enabled in settings before Spark can use them.
Source 1Limitation
Larger actions remain under your control
Google describes Spark as autonomous but user-controlled; it should ask before major actions.
Source 1Limitation
Regional exclusions
Current help excludes the European Economic Area including Germany, Nigeria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Source 2
Operation & oversight
Operational details for this profile have not yet been researched.
Practical tasks
Editorial examples based on documented features. No product tests performed.
Monday briefing
- Your input
- Please summarize the most important approved emails from the previous week every Monday and prioritize tasks.
- Possible result
- A weekly overview with suggested tasks and optional calendar blocks.
- What to check
- Review the summary and schedule; inspect calendar changes before saving.
Compare offers
- Your input
- Please research three suitable providers, compare official service pages, and note open questions.
- Possible result
- A comparison with links to provider documentation and a shortlist for your own decision.
- What to check
- Open supporting documents, check recency and conditions, and do not enter a contract without your approval.
Prepare a daily briefing from approved work context.
Your possible prompt
Compare three providers for [task]. Use their official documentation. Show differences, sources, and open questions in a table.
Getting-started idea based on documented capabilities. Not an executed product test. Adapt the task, data, and permissions.
Setup and pricing
Setup
Personal Google Account, AI Pro or Ultra, age 18 or over and Keep Activity enabled; check regional availability
Prices and included usage
Pricing checked
Google AI Pro $19.99/month; AI Ultra from $99.99/month in the retrieved US pricing view. Spark access is restricted by region and plan.
- Google AI Pro
- $19.99/month, US pricing view
Gemini with four times Free usage and 5 TB storage; Spark help lists Pro as an eligible subscription.
Price source - Google AI Ultra 5x
- $99.99/month, US pricing view
Five times Pro Gemini usage; early Spark access in selected countries.
Price source - Google AI Ultra 20x
- $199.99/month, US pricing view
Twenty times Pro Gemini usage; early Spark access in selected countries.
Price source
- Spark help lists Pro and Ultra; the pricing page advertises early Spark access with Ultra. A Pro subscription alone therefore does not establish access.
- According to Spark help, Germany is in the excluded EEA. These US amounts are not a German Spark offer.
Sources and evidence
Cross-checked on October 9, 2026 against product page and usage help. Marketing mentions selected business users; help currently excludes work/school accounts and the EEA, Nigeria, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Access requirements here follow specific usage help.
Editorial team: Michael Meierhoff · sources reviewed on . Provider information is not independent evidence of performance.
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gemini.google /overview/agent/spark/
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support.google.com /gemini/answer/17094507
